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Sophie Hardcastle and Mark Winter write Young Adult fiction .

In ‘Breathing Underwater’ Sophie uses her considerable experience as a surfer to write lyrically about her heroine’s struggles, and in ‘The Road to Winter’, Mark Smith places his 15 year old male protagonist into a dystopian future, where most adults have died.  

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Sebastian Smee ? delves into history to reveal strange  and fascinating influences that famous artists have had on each other in ‘ The Art of rivalry’ and Ashleigh Wilson  reveals the real Brett in ?’Brett Whitely ?Art, Life and the other thing’ . Music ‘Talk About Love’ ?My Friend the Chocolate Cake, ‘All the colours’ Neil and Tim Finn.

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Rajith Savanadasa was born in Sri Lanka and is now living in Australia. His novel ‘Ruins’ follows the lives on one family in modern Sri Lanka. Sohila Sanjani spent nearly 30 years writing down her memories of her previous family life in Persia ( Iran) in her book ‘Scattered Pearls’.

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L.A Larkin writes thrillers around the issue of environmental crime and ecological disasters. Her books, such as Devour,  have strong female protagonists. In a twist, Michael Robotham wrote his book ‘The Secrets she keeps’  in a first person female voice. He loves to analyse the psychology of people who commit crimes more than than depicting the crime itself. Hear them both talk about their work and then read a passage just for you. Music track in this episode is ‘Rhythm and Rhyme’  by Abbie Cardwell

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